Bulgarians, Romanians join in protest at Danube Bridge 2 against tyre processing plant
Bulgarians and Romanians joined in an August 31 protest against a tyre processing plant that they allege will be harmful
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv has longest pedestrian zone in Europe – mayor
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv now boasts the longest pedestrian zone in Europe, beating previous record-holder Copenhagen, according to mayor Ivan
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Bulgaria utilities regulator chief agrees to resign – ministry
Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said on August 28 that the head of the country’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC),
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Peevski set to return to Bulgarian Parliament as major parties finalise candidates
Delyan Peevski, the controversial figure whose abortive appointment as State Agency for National Security chief in 2013 sparked public protests
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Pesticides in feed blamed in deaths of animals at Sofia Zoo
Pesticides in grain and bran have been found to have been the cause of the deaths of a number of
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Bulgaria to revise controversial document for Nato summit naming Russia as threat
Bulgaria’s caretaker government has withdrawn a draft document on a proposed vision for the development of the country in Nato
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Archaeology: Bulgaria’s latest ‘vampire’ skeleton found in Plovdiv
Bulgaria’s collection of “vampire skeletons” – burials in which measures were taken to prevent the deceased from rising as undead – can
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Bulgaria impounds assets of eight CCB officials
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on August 26 that the Sofia City Court impounded the assets held by eight officials of
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Bulgaria’s NEK amassing new losses, deputy PM says
Bulgaria’s state-owned electric utility NEK was losing about 50 million leva a month as a result of regulatory decisions, while
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